Long Jump Attack

Discovered by Paraxade

Gale Boomerang technique discovered by Kazooie

Trick Description

A Long Jump Attack (LJA) is a jump attack that can cover a much large distance within a short amount of time. Not only can it can be used to jump across large gaps, it can also be used to squeeze through a few tight gaps. The LJA is often considered to be a GCN only trick since the easier and more versatile Gale Boomerang LJA is GCN only, however LJAs are not limited to just the boomerang. For example, the Sword & Shield skip achieves an LJA by knocking an enemy into the air, then jumping after it.

How To

Performing the Gale Boomerang LJA (GCN only)

Pull out Boomerang and either R Target where you want to jump to, or simply aim and throw the boomerang toward it (See Notes for more information)

Press B to pull out your sword

Wait for the Boomerang to be over a void/high ground

Jump Attack

Performing an Enemy LJA (Any Version)

Depending on the situation, this can be done as either a human or a wolf.

Lure an enemy (such as a Bokoblin) towards the spot where you wish to LJA and target it.

Strike the enemy to send it flying in the air, then perform a jump attack while it's still in the air.

Notes

There are two ways that are required get an LJA, which limits the effectiveness of the LJA somewhat:

The targeted object/enemy must be over a void OR

The targeted object/enemy must be over an object/solid ground that is at a higher elevation than Link.

The Gale Boomerang is treated as a target, as the camera "locks" onto it. On GCN versions, once the gale is thrown, you cannot move or press any other buttons else you will lose the boomerang as a target. For Wii versions, however, this camera lock is broken when you pull out the sword, thus rendering Gale LJA impossible on those versions. Hacking has proven Gale LJA works on Wii if the sword is hacked out, but this is not possible without hacks.

If you aim the boomerang over a void that has something below it (such as some of the voids in Palace of Twilight), the void LJA method will not work.

In addition, the window in which you can jumpslash and still achieve a LJA varies according to different areas.
In general, there are three varieties of windows for boomerang LJAs:

Once the boomerang has almost returned to Link

Either immediately, or at almost anytime, after the boomerang has been thrown (large window of variation)

Targeting two points next to each other, and just after the boomerang passes the first point, jumpslashing

For more information on the windows of various LJAs, please visit their respective pages.